Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
Section 4-506 - Powers of Persons Other Than Donor -- Gift or Refusal by Donor

(a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part if the donor made:
        (1)    An anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–503 of this subtitle; or
        (2)    An amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–504 of this subtitle.
    (b)    A donor’s revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–504 of this subtitle is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in § 4–501 or § 4–507 of this subtitle from making an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–503 or § 4–508 of this subtitle.
    (c)    If a person other than a donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–503 of this subtitle, or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–504 of this subtitle, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor’s body or part under § 4–508 of this subtitle.
    (d)    A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor’s body or part under § 4–504 of this subtitle by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under § 4–503 or § 4–508 of this subtitle.
    (e)    In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4–503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part is not a refusal to give another part or a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
    (f)    In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § 4–503 of this subtitle, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in § 4–503 of this subtitle is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any other purpose by the donor or other person under § 4–503 or § 4–508 of this subtitle.
    (g)    If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the donor may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor’s body or part.
    (h)    If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a reasonably available parent or guardian of the minor may revoke the minor’s refusal.

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